Milk-sheet holder



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No. 590,505. Patented Sept. 21,1897. 5 7;" J, 72 7/7 .2

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HENRY THORNTON, OF FAYETTEVILLE, \VISCONSIN.

MILK-SHEET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,505, datedSeptember 21, 1897. I

Application filed September 25, 1896. Serial No. 606,991. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAELEs HENRY THORN- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fayetteville, W'alworth county, State of Visconsin,have invented a new and useful Instrument or Machine for Holding a Milk-Sheet or Tally-Register, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements indelivery-sheet holders.

The object of the invention is to provide a delivery-sheet holdersimple, cheap, and durable of construction and composed of a minimumnumber of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for retaining adelivery-sheet in a convenient and clean manner, allowing the delivererto always see to whom and what amount of goods is to be delivered.

The invention is for use by any deliverer or carrier who has a route ofcustomers to serve; and it consists of certain novel features ofconstruction and in combinations of parts, more fully describedhereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a similarview, the casing open. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionon the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a crosssection.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a is the casing, madeof light material, having the front or door I) and the back portion 0,suitably hinged or joined together, and means for locking them.

In the front Z), about the center, is a vertical elongated slot cl, toone side of which is formed a receptacle e for a list of patrons names.Over the list is a transparent covering f, such as glass, to protect thelist and at the same time have it always in sight.

Within the casing a, on each side of the slot (Z, is a vertical rollerg, journaled in the bottom and movably and removably secured at the top,which passes through the casin and is provided with operating-handles h.

I is a coil-spring connecting the two rollers and is adapted to holdthem against rotation by its tension when the sheet is to remainstationary.

Inside the casing, just behind and covering the slot d, is removablyheld a flat bar or plate 7', having securing means k.

In operation the device is very simple and effective. The list ofpatrons namesis inserted in the receptacle under the transparentcovering on the face of the casing. The account-sheet is coiled aroundone of the vertical rollers and attached to the other, allowing adate-column, of which the account-sheet is made up, having a column foreach day of the .month, to register with the slot (1 in the front of thecasing, the lines of the patrons list corresponding with those of thedate-column.

The movable bar or plate j, preferably hinged at the bottom, is thenraised up in place directly over the slot and behind the accountsheet,holding it in place and forming a smooth surface for the deliverer tomark the quantity, &c., of the goods delivered. Then the datecolumn isto be changed, the operating-handle of one of the rollers is turned toeither run the account-sheet ahead or back, as desired.

The advantages of this invention are many and are readily seen.

A full statement with each patrons separate account is always at handand easily accessible, coiled around the vertical rollers and storedaway in the casing.

The patrons name is always in sight and can be changed at will, butwhile in use is kept in perfect order, no dirt, grease, or defacementbeing possible on account of its covering of glass or the like.

To the right of patrons-name column, behind the elongated slot andregistering there with, is a column dated at its top. In this column ismarked the amount of goods delivered to each person daily, the fiat baror plate j making a smooth surface for writing and also holds the sheetclose to the front of the easing. On each delivery the date-column ischanged, if desired, by simply turning the operating-handles of therollers, which are held against accidental rotation by the tension ofthe coil-spring 70, attached to both rollers.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms,construction, and arrangement of the parts described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction herein set forth, but consider myselfentitled to all such changes as fall Within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a delivery-sheet holder the combination of the casing, therotatable rollers, an account-sheet carried by said rollers, datecolumnson said sheet, a slot in said casing registering With said date-columns,a patrons list on the face of said casing adjacent said slot and atransparent covering for said list substantially as described.

2. A delivery-sheet holder composed of the casing, rollers therein,operating -handles therefor, an account-sheet carried by said rollers, aseries of dated columns on said sheet, a slot in the front of saidcasing, a flat bar or plate behind said account-sheet pressing it tosaid slot, a receptacle adjacent said slot on the front of said casing,a patrons list therein and a transparent cover over said list,substantially as described.

3. A delivery-sheet holder composed of the casing, the front and rearportions thereof being hinged, a series of rollers therein, anaccount-sheet carried by said rollers, a series of dated columns on saidsheet, a slot in the front of said casing, a flat bar or plate adaptedto hold said account-sheet against the front portion of the casing andcovering said slot, a protected patrons list corresponding with saidaccount-sheet adjacent said slot, operating-handles for said rollers anda spring connecting said rollers at the top, preventing rotation andholding said account-sheet in the desired position, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES HENRY THORNTON.

Vitnesses:

FRED. O. WIsWELL, GEORGE P. PECK.

